After an all-school meeting Monday, Lowell first-grade teacher Ashley Kunesh returns to her classroom to begin writing student names on a banner that will line the bulletin board. Steve Kohls/ Brainerd Dispatch
Getting Ready for School
After an all-school meeting Monday, Lowell first-grade teacher Ashley Kunesh returns to her classroom to begin writing student names on a banner that will line the bulletin board. Steve Kohls/ Brainerd Dispatch...

Fundraising is underway to move the giant ball of twine from the Highland, Wisconsin, home of creator James Frank Kotera, who died last month at age 75, 44 years after starting the big ball.
Inmates in-custody in the Mille Lacs County jail in Milaca, Minnesota
Inmates in-custody in the Hubbard County jail in Park Rapids, Minnesota
Inmates in-custody in the Todd County jail in Long Prairie, Minnesota